A caution to young men against the unprincipled tricks of professed gamblers: 'The spirit of gambling has recently prevailed amongst a number of the young men in town, to an extent which has repeatedly been mentioned to us as a proper subject'

A whole set of artificial gnashers or, if you prefer, Mr Wallace will supply 'natural' teeth: 'Hollow teeth filled with Gold, in five minutes, which prevents them from aching or decaying. Mr Wallace will show his books to any Lady or Gentleman to prove he fills more hollow teeth with gold than any Dentist in the Kingdom'

The Guardian condemns the brutal army flogging that ended in a lingering death: 'INQUEST AT YORK BARRACKS – A week prior to the 2nd (or Queen's) regiment of foot marching from Hull through York, on their route to Ireland, John Furnel, a private of that corps, was tried by court-martial for having in his possession a silver spoon that had been stolen from the mess'

First words published below the masthead 1821. Napoleon had died that very day, but there was no mention of his death for weeks. Instead, the Guardian immortalised a lost Labrador. Click the image to see the whole of the Guardian's first front page